Research Report from the Executive Vice President & Director of Research Science Highlights Research Departments Ocean Institutes Centers       Research > Research Departments > Physical Oceanography > Photos Physical Oceanography Overview | Awards & Recognition | Photos Click on an image to the left to see the enlarged version. « previous next » Disembarked from the Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St. Laurent, scientist Andrey Proshutinsky (left) and technician William Ostrom drill through a two-meter-thick ice floe in the Arctic Ocean in August 2003. They deployed a buoy that drifts with the floe, measuring currents beneath the ice that may affect global ocean circulation and climate. (Photo by Rick Krishfeld)